卷面分120 时间 90 分钟

一 语言基础应用 10分

1 --- Lucy, would you please walk my dog when I’m out today?

--- _________.

A Don’t mention it B You are welcome C My pleasure

D With pleasure

2 You can’t predict everything. Often things don’t __ as you expect.

A run out B break out C work out D put out

3 The chairman in charge of the business field spoke at the meeting for nearly an hour without _____ his notes.

A bringing up B referring to C looking for D trying on

4 I saw Bob play the piano at John’s party and on that _____ he was simply brilliant.

A scene Ｂ circumstance C occasion D situation

5 The days are gone ____ Chinese people used foreign oil.

A that B when C where D which

6 I don’t want to put you to the situation _______ you are always looked down upon.

A which B where C in that D in where

7 The moment I was always looking forward _______ .

A to arrives B arrives C arrive D arrived

8 You may find it ____ that Charlie wasn’t _____ at the bad news at all.

A astonishing, astonishing B astonished, astonishing

C astonishing, astonished D astonishing, astonishing

9 . If you are ______ about Brazil, you may read this book.

A. curious B. upset C. strange D. interested

10. It is very ______ that she will ring me tonight.

A. likely B. possibly C. probably D. perhaps

11. Your experiences are ______ to ours, but your end result is entirely different.

A. same B. different C. similar D. equal

12. As a student, you should try to ______ being late for your class.

A. avoid B. refuse C. prevent D. punish

13. Though she has been in England for half a year, she is still unable to _____ in simple English.

A. explain herself B. express herself

C. speak her mind D. make herself understand

14. —What do you mean by saying that?

—I think you _______ what I said. I meant no harm.

A. understood B. misunderstood

C. heard D. followed

15. —_______ for snakes while hiking in the woods.

—I’ll dress appropriately to protect myself.

A. Walk out B. Go out C. Set out D. Watch out

16. At this time tomorrow, we _______ across the big desert ahead.

A. are to drive B. are going to drive

C. will be driving D. will drive

17. “It’s raining too heavily at this moment,” said the old woman, ________ out of the window.

A. to look B. looking C. having looked D. looked

18. _______, a learned man makes fewer mistakes in life than a man without knowledge.

A. In general B. As general C. On general D. At general

19. —I don’t like this kind of music.

—_______. It’s too noisy.

A. Nor do I B. Neither am I C. Nor I do D. Neither I am

20. She is very hard-working, _____ he is very lazy.

A. when B. that C. which D. while

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Once upon a time, there was a large mountainside, where an eagle’s nest rested. The eagle’s nest contained four 21 eagle eggs. One day an earthquake rocked (使震动) the mountain 22 one of the eggs to roll down the mountain, 23 a chicken farm, which was in the valley below. The chickens knew that they must 24 and care for the eagle’s egg, so an old hen (母鸡) 25 to hatch (孵) and raise the large egg.

One day, the egg hatched and a beautiful eagle was born. 26 , however, the eagle was raised to be a(n) 27 . Soon, the eagle believed he was 28 more than a chicken. The eagle loved his home and family, 29 his spirit cried out for more. While playing a game on the farm one day, the eagle looked to the skies above and 30 a group of eagles soaring in the skies. “Oh,” the eagle 31 , “I wish I could soar like those birds.” The chickens shouted with 32 , “You cannot soar with those birds. You are a chicken and chickens do not soar.”

The eagle 33 staring at his real family up above, 34 that he could be with them. Each time the eagle would let his 35 be known, he was told it couldn’t be done. That is 36 the eagle learned to believe. Slowly, the eagle 37 dreaming and continued to live his life like a chicken. 38 , after a long life as a chicken, the eagle 39 .

You become what you believe you are; so if you ever dream to become an eagle, 40 your dreams, not the words of a chicken.

21. A. large B. curious C. small D. fortunate

22. A. guiding B. blowing C. causing D. inviting

23. A. on B. over C. past D. to

24. A. introduce B. punish C. protect D. share

25. A. offered B. regretted C. managed D. turned

26. A. Carefully B. Gently C. Sadly D. Luckily

27. A. chicken B. eagle C. hero D. fool

28. A. something B. everything C. anything D. nothing

29. A. and B. but C. so D. however

30. A. noticed B. recognized C. respected D. watched

31. A. cried B. smiled C. argued D. explained

32. A. excitement B. anger C. laughter D. surprise

33. A. approached B. avoided C. continued D. considered

34. A. promising B. proving C. believing D. dreaming

35. A. suggestion B. advantage C. dream D. discovery

36. A. what B. why C. how D. when

37. A. went B. enjoyed C. began D. stopped

38. A. Happily B. Finally C. Quickly D. Probably

39. A. gave up B. broke down C. passed away D. died out

40. A. steal B. follow C. have D. remember

第三部分：阅读理解（共两节；每小题2分，满分32分）

第一节：阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。 A

What is it that makes people laugh? More than two thousand years ago the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle defined (定义) jokes as the pleasure that results from a feeling of triumph by showing we’re better than someone else in a certain way. According to Aristotle and many other philosophers，all jokes depend mainly on showing inferiority in another person or group of persons — that is，putting it clearly，on showing that they are worse off than ourselves. Jokes raise our good opinion of ourselves at someone else’s expense.

Showing how much better than other people we are is only one reason we like jokes. Someone may also use a joke to express their anger or their cruelty or any other kind of action that is not acceptable to us. We feel free to laugh when we hear about someone sliding on a banana skin. The joke lets us express those attitudes which are usually unacceptable to society. This is probably the reason why some of the jokes，especially those involving cruelty，are so popular with certain people.

Besides，all jokes depend on our enjoyment of laughing at something that is strange and out of place because it’s different from things which are happening around it. The same situation can be either sad or pleasant，depending entirely on how strange and out of place it is. If a girl in a bathing suit falls into a swimming pool，we don’t laugh because nothing unusual has happened. But if a man in a smart suit falls in，the situation is at once unusual in a pleasant way and we laugh. A good joke-teller will always try to build up a situation in which one thing is expected until something unexpected suddenly happens，and so we laugh.

41. The underlined word “inferiority” (in Paragraph 1) means ______.

A. something that is not as good as something else

B. something that is better than something else

C. someone that is not as good as someone else

D. someone that is better than someone else

42. According to Aristotle, all jokes depend mainly on ______.

A. showing inferiority in another person or group

B. resulting in a sense of success

C. having a good opinion of other people

D. making people laugh unexpectedly

43 What’s the main idea of Paragraph 2?

A. Showing we are better than other people is the only one reason we like jokes.

B. When people are angry, they would like to hear jokes.

C. People who like jokes are usually cruel.

D. To express those attitudes usually unacceptable to society is one of the reasons we like jokes.

44. What will a good joke-teller always try to do?

A. Make a sad situation into a pleasant one.

B. Make different things happen at the same time.

C. Make an unexpected thing happen in an expected situation.

D. Make people laugh at something unusual and out of place.

B

2004 was a good year for American farmers. Total farm earnings were estimated (估计) at 74,000 million dollars for the year. That means the average(平均的) farm income was about 71,000 dollars, or a gain of about three percent from the year before.

However, the growth in earnings depended on the size of the farm. Large farms had increased earnings of six and one-half percent. Smaller farms saw growth in earnings of less than three percent.

Part of American farm income came from the federal (联邦的) government. The Department of Agriculture reports that about thirty-nine percent of farmers accepted some kind of aid(援助), or subsidy in 2003. Reports say the total amount of farm aid paid last year is estimated at 15,700 million dollars.

An organization called the Environmental Working Group keeps information on all farm subsidies paid by the government. The group examined subsidies between 1995 and 2003.

It says ten percent of farms received seventy-two percent of government subsidies during that nine-year period. The group says big farms that are organized as corporations (公司) or partnership businesses receive the most aid. It says the big farms receive more aid, even when they are more profitable(盈利的) than smaller family farms.

Critics(评论家) say farm subsidies are costly and wasteful. Critics also note that subsidies go only to growers of widely traded crops, like corn, cotton, wheat and soybean.

But many farmers, including the ones who only receive a few thousand dollars a year, support the subsidy programs. They say small farming communities in states like Minnesota, Nebraska, and South Dakota would not survive without the aid.

45. What is the probable number of American farms?

A. 10 million. B. 1 million.

C. 10 thousand. D. 100 thousand.

46. Why was 2004 a good year for America